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BC Builds Program Celebrates First Anniversary with 1,400 Homes Completed
British Columbia's $950 million BC Builds program, celebrating its first anniversary, has facilitated the construction of 1,400 homes and is developing another 2,500, with a recently completed 179-unit rental building in North Vancouver highlighting its accelerated timelines.
BC Builds Program Celebrates First Anniversary with 1,400 Homes Completed
British Columbia's $950 million BC Builds program, celebrating its first anniversary, has facilitated the construction of 1,400 homes and is developing another 2,500, with a recently completed 179-unit rental building in North Vancouver highlighting its accelerated timelines.
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48% Bias Score
Spain's Housing Crisis: Essays Reveal Urgent Need for Comprehensive Reform
Three new essays analyze Spain's housing crisis, revealing inadequate government action, flawed legislation, and the urgent need for comprehensive solutions to prevent a potential doubling of housing prices within two years, impacting generational equity and social stability.
Spain's Housing Crisis: Essays Reveal Urgent Need for Comprehensive Reform
Three new essays analyze Spain's housing crisis, revealing inadequate government action, flawed legislation, and the urgent need for comprehensive solutions to prevent a potential doubling of housing prices within two years, impacting generational equity and social stability.
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40% Bias Score
Record Number of Evictions in France Amidst Inflation Crisis
A surge in evictions in France has left 24,000 households homeless in 2024, double the number from ten years prior, largely due to inflation and the accelerated eviction procedures of the 2023 Kasbarian-Bergé law. The Fondation Abbé-Pierre is calling for preventative measures and increased financial...
Record Number of Evictions in France Amidst Inflation Crisis
A surge in evictions in France has left 24,000 households homeless in 2024, double the number from ten years prior, largely due to inflation and the accelerated eviction procedures of the 2023 Kasbarian-Bergé law. The Fondation Abbé-Pierre is calling for preventative measures and increased financial...
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56% Bias Score
England Doubles Council Tax on Second Homes
English councils have been given the power to double council tax on second homes, leading to significant financial implications for owners and potentially freeing up properties for local residents while generating revenue for cash-strapped councils.
England Doubles Council Tax on Second Homes
English councils have been given the power to double council tax on second homes, leading to significant financial implications for owners and potentially freeing up properties for local residents while generating revenue for cash-strapped councils.
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64% Bias Score
Utrecht's Skaeve Huse: A Unique Housing Project for Individuals with Severe Needs
Skaeve Huse, a seven-year-old Utrecht project housing seven individuals with severe addiction and behavioral issues, offers a calm, stable environment allowing residents to manage their conditions with minimal community disruption, despite facing relocation and community stigma.
Utrecht's Skaeve Huse: A Unique Housing Project for Individuals with Severe Needs
Skaeve Huse, a seven-year-old Utrecht project housing seven individuals with severe addiction and behavioral issues, offers a calm, stable environment allowing residents to manage their conditions with minimal community disruption, despite facing relocation and community stigma.
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36% Bias Score
Barcelona Housing Crisis: Evictions Rise as Investment Funds Buy Buildings
In Barcelona, Margarita Aguilar, a long-term resident, faces eviction as a Dutch fund buys her building for short-term rentals, illustrating Spain's severe housing crisis where rising prices outpace wages and affordable housing diminishes, affecting millions.
Barcelona Housing Crisis: Evictions Rise as Investment Funds Buy Buildings
In Barcelona, Margarita Aguilar, a long-term resident, faces eviction as a Dutch fund buys her building for short-term rentals, illustrating Spain's severe housing crisis where rising prices outpace wages and affordable housing diminishes, affecting millions.
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56% Bias Score
Court Rules Against Public Housing Tenants in Melbourne Demolition Case
A Melbourne court dismissed a class-action lawsuit by 479 public housing tenants challenging the demolition of their homes, allowing the state government to proceed with plans to replace them with more rental units, but no public housing, after leasing the land to private companies for 40 years.
Court Rules Against Public Housing Tenants in Melbourne Demolition Case
A Melbourne court dismissed a class-action lawsuit by 479 public housing tenants challenging the demolition of their homes, allowing the state government to proceed with plans to replace them with more rental units, but no public housing, after leasing the land to private companies for 40 years.
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48% Bias Score
Australia's Housing Accord Target Faces Setback Amidst Low Building Approvals
Australia's February building approvals of 16,606 new homes fell short of the 20,000 monthly target set by the National Housing Accord, raising doubts about the plan's feasibility given historical low approval rates and record immigration.
Australia's Housing Accord Target Faces Setback Amidst Low Building Approvals
Australia's February building approvals of 16,606 new homes fell short of the 20,000 monthly target set by the National Housing Accord, raising doubts about the plan's feasibility given historical low approval rates and record immigration.
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52% Bias Score
England Housing Benefit Freeze Exacerbates Homelessness Crisis
A freeze on housing benefit rates in England until 2026 will affect 5.7 million low-income households, as only 2.5% of private rented homes were affordable for housing benefit recipients last year, compared to 12% in 2021-22, leading to increased homelessness and rent arrears.
England Housing Benefit Freeze Exacerbates Homelessness Crisis
A freeze on housing benefit rates in England until 2026 will affect 5.7 million low-income households, as only 2.5% of private rented homes were affordable for housing benefit recipients last year, compared to 12% in 2021-22, leading to increased homelessness and rent arrears.
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44% Bias Score
Ku-ring-gai Council Approves Compromise Housing Plan Amidst Public Backlash
Ku-ring-gai Council approved a compromise plan for 23,200 homes near train stations, allowing taller buildings further from stations but only setting aside less than 2 percent for affordable housing, after rejecting the NSW government's initial proposal following legal action and mediation, sparking...
Ku-ring-gai Council Approves Compromise Housing Plan Amidst Public Backlash
Ku-ring-gai Council approved a compromise plan for 23,200 homes near train stations, allowing taller buildings further from stations but only setting aside less than 2 percent for affordable housing, after rejecting the NSW government's initial proposal following legal action and mediation, sparking...
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60% Bias Score
IEE: Illegal Property Occupations in Spain Surge, Exposing Systemic Issues
The Institute of Economic Studies (IEE) reports a 7% increase in illegal property occupations in Spain in 2024, reaching 16,500 cases, contradicting government data and highlighting lengthy legal processes and inadequate legal protection for property owners.
IEE: Illegal Property Occupations in Spain Surge, Exposing Systemic Issues
The Institute of Economic Studies (IEE) reports a 7% increase in illegal property occupations in Spain in 2024, reaching 16,500 cases, contradicting government data and highlighting lengthy legal processes and inadequate legal protection for property owners.
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48% Bias Score
London Tenants Win £263,555 Rent Repayment from 'Rogue Landlord'
A London tribunal ordered billionaire John Christodoulou to repay £263,555.68 to 46 tenants of two Hackney buildings due to unlicensed and unsafe conditions, highlighting the vulnerability of renters to exploitative landlords.
London Tenants Win £263,555 Rent Repayment from 'Rogue Landlord'
A London tribunal ordered billionaire John Christodoulou to repay £263,555.68 to 46 tenants of two Hackney buildings due to unlicensed and unsafe conditions, highlighting the vulnerability of renters to exploitative landlords.
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52% Bias Score
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